UPDATE: Arrest on Cleveland Street

NEWS RELEASE
NIAGARA REGIONAL POLICE SERVICE
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On Sept. 22, 2019 at approximately 5:10 a.m. uniform officers from the 2 District Niagara Falls office of the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) responded to the Niagara College, Niagara-on-the-Lake (Glendale) Campus for a gun related call.

Officers attended the Campus residence in the area of Glendale Avenue and Taylor Road in Niagara on the Lake. The investigation revealed that a man who is a student (resides off campus) had attended the Campus residence. There was an altercation with some students who reside on campus, at which time the man is alleged to have pointed a handgun. He subsequently fled the scene in a car prior to police arrival.

The investigation led detectives to an address in the area of Cleveland Street and Richmond Street in Thorold. Officers located the suspect car, and out of an abundance of safety our Crisis Negotiators and Emergency Task Unit (ETU) were called in.